227: The light and dark sides of the fungal world

<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">TWiM presents an episode for mycophiles: how bacteria disarm mushroom pathogens, and the role of the CARD9 protein in protective immunity against pulmonary cryptococcosis.</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Hosts:</span> <a href= "http://www.virology.ws/"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Vincent Racaniello</span></a><span style="font-weight: 400;">,</span> <a href="http://schaechter.asmblog.org/schaechter/"><span style= "font-weight: 400;">Elio Schaechter</span></a><span style= "font-weight: 400;">,</span> <a href= "http://academicdepartments.musc.edu/immunology/Faculty/schmidt.html"> <span style="font-weight: 400;">Michael Schmidt</span></a> <span style="font-weight: 400;">and Michele Swanson</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Become a</span> <a href= "http://www.microbe.tv/contribute"><span style= "font-weight: 400;">patron</span></a> <span style= "font-weight: 400;">of TWiM.</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Links for this episode:</span></p> <ul> <li style="font-weight: 400;"><a href= "https://blackinmicrobiology.org/"><span style= "font-weight: 400;">Black in Microbiology</span></a></li> <li style="font-weight: 400;"><span style="font-weight: 400;">How bacteria</span> <a href= "https://www.pnas.org/content/117/38/23802.short?rss=1"><span style="font-weight: 400;"> disarm mushroom pathogens</span></a> <span style= "font-weight: 400;">(PNAS)</span></li> <li style="font-weight: 400;"><span style="font-weight: 400;">A bacterial</span> <a href= "https://science.sciencemag.org/content/369/6511/1580.2?utm_campaign=ec_sci_2020-09-24&et_rid=274574610&et_cid=3496560"> <span style="font-weight: 400;">battleground</span></a> <span style="font-weight: 400;">(Science)</span></li> <li style="font-weight: 400;"><span style="font-weight: 400;">CARD9 needed for</span> <a href= "https://mbio.asm.org/content/11/1/e03005-19.long"><span style= "font-weight: 400;">fungal defense</span></a> <span style= "font-weight: 400;">(mBio)</span></li> <li style="font-weight: